2021.381: Knight with Coat-of-Arms of the Langenmantel vom Sparren Family; verso: Knight with Coat-of-Arms of the Langenmantel vom R Family

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2021.381

People

Christof Weiditz II, German (Strasbourg c. 1517 - before 1572 Strasbourg)

Title

Knight with Coat-of-Arms of the Langenmantel vom Sparren Family; verso: Knight with Coat-of-Arms of the Langenmantel vom R Family

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Paul Hector Mair, Bericht und Anzeigen aller Herren Geschlecht der löblichen Statt Augsburg

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1538

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/370344

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Woodcut on cream antique laid paper (recto and verso)

Technique

Woodcut

Dimensions

32.4 × 20.7 cm (12 3/4 × 8 1/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in block, upper right: Langenmantel vom Sparren / 4
• inscription: in block, lower right: 51[?]
• inscription: verso, in block, upper left: 60 Langenmantel vom R
• inscription: in block, upper right: 59
• watermark: fleur-de-lis

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Hill-Stone, New York], sold; to Mariot F. Solomon, Cambridge, 2013, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection

Accession Year

2021

Object Number

2021.381

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

printed on both sides of sheet

Publication History

• Hill-Stone: Fine Old Master & Modern Prints & Drawings, auct. cat. (New York, 2013), cat. 33; ill. n.p.

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